Resources and Publications

Development of Academics and Higher Education Futures

The Council of Australian Directors of Academic Development (CADAD) successfully applied to the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (formerly the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Ltd) for support of a project entitled “The Development of Academics and Higher Education Futures”. The project was designed to evaluate how universities organise for academic development and the strategies employed to develop academics in the light of current and emerging challenges for higher education in Australia.

The project is now completed and the final report is available below:

• Volume 1 - Final Report - March 2009
• Volume 2 - Data and Analysis - March 2009

RED:: Recognition - Enhancement - Development

The contribution of sessional teachers to higher education

RED was funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (formerly the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Ltd) This large-scale study into the recognition, enhancement and development of sessional teaching in higher education builds on the Australian Universities Teaching Committee Report (2003a) Training, Support and Management of Sessional Teaching Staff. The aim of RED was to identify and analyse current national practice and refocus attention on the issues surrounding sessional teachers in the university sector.

The project is now completed and the following resources are available:

• The RED Report - June 2008
• The RED Resource - June 2008
• The RED website

Foundations of University Teaching

The Foundations of Univesity Teaching website has helped establish a growing network for those who develop and organise institutional Foundations programs.  In addition a Community of Practice has met annnually for a series of colloquia on this subject since 2003.

Further information, including archives of past Foundations colloquia can be found on the Foundations of Univesity Teaching website.

The ALTC Preparing Academics to Teach in Higher Education (PATHE) project was developed from the Foundations colloquia.  Please see below for more information.

Preparing Academics to Teach in Higher Education (PATHE) project

This project aims to devise a framework for teacher induction programs that will benefit the sector by promoting a set of shared expectations and understandings about the nature of university learning and teaching, and locating induction programs in that wider context.

Further information, including the aims, structure, partners, project reports and resources, can be found on the PATHE website.